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"All Beth has to do is drive her son to his soccer game, watch him play, and then return home. Just because she knows her ex-best friend lives near the field, that doesn't mean she has to drive past her house and try to catch a glimpse of her. Why would Beth do that and risk dredging up painful memories? She hasn't seen Flora for twelve years. She doesn't want to see her today--or ever again. But she can't resist. She parks outside the open gates...
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2022.
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English
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"This isn't a fairytale where the princess marries a prince. It's one where she kills him. From Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes an original and subversive new fantasy adventure. After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra-the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter-has finally realized that no one is coming to their rescue. No one, except for Marra herself. Seeking help from a...
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Hostage of empire novels volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"Two queens, two concubines, six princes. Innumerable hidden agendas. Yala, lady-in-waiting to the princess of a vanquished kingdom, must navigate their captors' treacherous imperial court. The Emperor's palace - full of ambitious royals, sly gossip, and unforeseen perils - is perhaps the most dangerous place in Zhaon. A hostage for her conquered people's good behavior, the lady Komor Yala has only her wits and her hidden maiden's blade to protect...
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Vision, hearing, taste, smell, and touch are what we rely on to perceive the reality of our world. Our five senses are the conduits that bring us the scent of a freshly brewed cup of coffee or the notes of a favorite song suddenly playing on the radio. But are they really that reliable? The Man Who Tasted Words shows that what we perceive to be absolute truths of the world around us is actually a complex internal reconstruction by our minds and nervous...
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"The son of a Cuban family caught in the midst of the Castro Revolution, Enrique Prado's family fled for America. Fifty years later, the Cuban refugee retired from the Central Intelligence Agency. Black Ops is the story of Ric's legendary career that spanned two eras, the Cold War and the Global War on Terrorism. He and his team carried out covert operation and developed assets that proved pivotal in the coming war on terror. A harrowing memoir of...
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